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IN COMMEMORATION 
OF THE VISIT OF THE 

NEW YORK STATE 
HISTORICAL 
ASSOCIATION 

To West Point, N. Y. 
October 5, 6, 7, 1915 



fl Putnam County, formerly a part of Duchess, was 
made a separate county in 1812 by Act of Legislature. 
It comprises what was known as the Highland Patent, 
deeded to Adolph Philipse in 1697. 



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COMMITTEES 



GENERAL COMMITTEE 
Miss Mary H. Haldane Chairman. 

Mr. Gouveneur Kemble President of the Putnam County 

Historical Society. 

Colonel Clarence Townsley Superintendent of the United 

States Military Academy. 

Mr. Stuyvesant Fish First Vice President of the Putnam 

County Historical Society. 

Mr. a. Augustus Healy Putnam County Historical Society. 

Mr. William Beverly Rogers Putnam County Historical Society. 

Mrs. Louis Fitzgerald Second Vice President of the Putnam 

County Historical Society. 

COMMITTEE ON ENTERTAINMENT 
Mrs. Louis Fitzgerald Chairman. 

COMMITTEE ON EXCURSIONS 
Rev. Dr. Walter Thompson Chairman. 

WIDE WIDE WORLD CIRCLE 

Mrs. Edw.\rd Livingston Chairman. 



EXCURSIONS 



Tuesday 
Oct. 5th 



Parade 4:15 P.M. 



Wednesday, 
October 6th 



1:30 P.M. 
3:00 P.M. 



4:00 P.M. 

Alternate 
excursions for 
Wednesday, 
Oct. 6th 



Organ Recital 12 o'clock. 
Fort Montgomery. 

Stony Point and return. 

Garrison. Points of interest. 

Site of Beverly Robinson House. 

Mandeville House. 

Upjohn House, Gen. Putnam's headquarters. 

North, Middle and South Redoubts. 

Mrs. H. Fairfield Osborn's Reception at Castle Rock. 

Beacon (Fishkill on Hudson). 

Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh 

Gen. Steuben's Headquarters at Mount Gulian. 

The lilirary where the Society of the Cincinnati completed 

its organization. 

The Old Trinity Church and the Old Dutch Church at 

Fishkill. 

The Albany Post Road. . 



Thursday 
Oct. 7th 



10:00 P.M. Reception and supper given by the Putnam County His- 
torical Society. 

Points of interest at West Point, Old Chapel, Museum, 
Washington's Portrait in the main hall of the library, 

links of old Chain at Trophy Point, Flirtation Walk. 

3:00 P.M. Afternoon tea at Constitution Island at the former home 
of Miss Warner, given by the Chairman of the Enter- 
tainment Committee of the Putnam County Historical 
Society. 



4:15 P.M. Evening Parade. 



POINTS OF INTEREST 

AT GARRISON, NEW YORK 



Wednesday Philipse Tract or Highland Patent, which comprised the 

Oct. 6th whole of Putnam County. 

Washington, a friend of the Philipse Family. 

Beverly Robinson married Susanna Philipse, who was 
one of the heirs of the Philipse Patent. 

3:00 P.M. Site of Beverley Robinson House. 

Beverley Robinson House was the Headquarters of the 

Continental forces for the defense of the Highlands. 

From this house Benedict Arnold deserted to tne British 
forces. 

The Arnold Path. 

Benedict Arnold, in making his escape from the Beverley 

House, upon the capture of Andre, is said to have has- 
tened along this path to the river, where a boat conveyed 
him to the Vulture. 
Mandeville House. 

Built near the beginning of Beverley Lane, which became 
a public road in 1866. 

Upjohn House. Said to have been the Headquarters of 
General Israel Putnam. 

Mrs. Putnam died here, and is buried under St. Philip's 
Church in the Highlands. 

North Redoubt. 

Middle Redoubt, or Fort Hill, mentioned in General 
Heath's orders 1780. 

South Redoubt 



POINTS OF INTEREST 

AT NEWBURGH, NEW YORK 



Wednesday, Albany Post Road. This road was cut through the High- 
October 6th lands bv Lord Louden during the French and Indian 
4:00 P.M. 

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Alternate 
Excursions 



Mrs. H. Fairfield Osborn's Reception, Castle Rock. 

Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh. 

"It was on these grounds that Washington was encamped 
with his troops at the close of the Revolution. 

"Here it was that the events of the Newburgh letters 
occurred. 

"Here Washington refused the crown and gave to his' 
loyal followers an example of true patriotism. 

"It was at Newl)urgh that the American troops under 
Washington were encamped when Peace between Great 
Britain and the United States was declared. Here the 
troops were disbanded. 

General and Mrs. Knox were frequent guests at the Head- 
quarters. 



Mount Gulian — (Fishkill Landing) Beacon, Headquarters 
of General Frederich William, Baron von Steuben. 



It was built on the land known as the Rombout Patent 
consisting of more than 10.000 acres. This land was 
acquired in 1683 by a deed of conveyance from the Wap- 
penger Indians by the distinguished merchants in New 
Amsterdam, Francis Rombout and Gulian Verplanck. 

"Gulian Verplanck, grandson of the patentee, having ob- 
tained by partition with his sisters, one third of the original 
third set off to himself and his cousins, that is to say, one- 
ninth of the entire rating," built this historic house. The 
house still remains in the family, with much of the land, 
and is one of the few properties that retains the original 
land deeded by the Indians. 



POINTS OF INTEREST 

AT FISHKILL, NEW YORK 



Alternate Baron von Steuben was a Prussian officer who came to 

Excursions ^i^jg country in 1777, and offered his services through 

Silas Deane, and was very valuable in organizing the army 

and instructing in tactics. He wrote the first manual of 

arms and which was published by Congress in 1779. 

In the library at Mount Gulian the Society of the Cin- 
cinnati completed its organization. The Society was 
formed at Newburgh on June 2, 1783. 

"The Dutch Church," organized in 1716. Building erected 
in 1731. 

Provincial Convention met here 1776. Military Prison 
during the Revolution. 

"Trinity Church." Founded by Samuel Seabury in com- 
munion with the Church of England 1756. 

Building erected about 1760, occupied by New York Pro- 
vincial Convention, which removed from White Plains, 
September 3, 1776, used as a Hospital by the Army of 
Washington until disbanded June 2, 1783. 



POINTS OF INTEREST 

AT WEST POINT, NEW YORK 



Alternate 
Excursions 



Thursday 
afternoon, 
October 7th 

3:00 P.M. 



Old Chapel. 

Filled with historic interest, it was taken down, but re- 
built in its present site in the military cemetery, brick 
by brick, owing to the strong sentiment of the Army. 

In the chapel hangs an old English flag, said to be the 
only one not restored to England, and the subject of much 
diplomatic negotiation. 

A Tablet on which the name of Arnold has been erased. 

The New Chapel. 

An example of Military Gothic. The organ is one of the 
finest in the country. 

Fort Putnam. 
The Museum. 

The Library. 

Stuart's Washington, a fine portrait given by Miss Anna 
Warner, hangs in the Main Hall 

The links of the Chain at Trophy Point. At low tide the 
piles to which they were attached ai Constitution Island 
can be seen. 

Flirtation Walk. 

Constitution Island was named from the fort of that 
name erected in 1775. 

From this point the Chain extended across the river 
during the latter part of the Revolution. On this island 
is "Wood Crag," the late home of Miss Susan and Miss 
Anna Warner, the authors of "The Wide, Wide World" 
and other American novels. 

The kitchen part of this house is a fragment of the old 
barrack erected in 1775. 

Here in the dining room Miss Anna Warner held her 
Bible Class for Cadets for many years. 



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